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62nd Vuelta a España - GT

Spain, September 1-23, 2007

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Stage 1 - September 1: Vigo - Vigo, 146.4km

Bennati takes first

First maillot oro and Vuelta stage win

By Gregor Brown and Hernan Alvarez

Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital wins the first sprint
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Daniele Bennati proved his form has not faded since his win on the Champs-Élysées in Paris at the end of July by taking the opening stage of the 62nd Vuelta a España. The 26 year-old Italian over-powered Spaniard Oscar Freire (Rabobank) and compatriot Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) as the 146.4-kilometre stage finished in Vigo. With the win on the opening day, 'Benna' moves in to the maillot oro of overall leader.

Way back at the end of February, the rider from Arezzo got the confidence boost he needed by overtaking sprint-great Petacchi in the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana. He approached the season with newly found determination that was only sidelined by stomach pains during the late spring. A resurgence in the Tour de France proved that he was right to believe in himself as Italy's top gun. He won two stages against the world's best sprinters, while Petacchi sat at home watching on television.

The big rematch finally came today on the streets of Vigo. Bennati not only bettered Petacchi but he also topped Oscar Freire, Allan Davis (Discovery Channel) and Tom Boonen (Quick.Step - Innergetic). It was the 2005 World Champion's team, Quick.Step, that did most of the pace-making in the final circuit around Vigo. With the help of Milram, Discovery and Bennati's Lampre, the gap of Serafín Martínez (Karpin-Galicia) and Jérémy Roy (Française Des Jeux) was closed. Roy was the last to hang on, and his day ended at five kilometres to go.

Petacchi, a 17-time stage winner in the Vuelta, sent Milram to take over for the final kilometres. He had German Erik Zabel on the front as the race for the stage and 2007's first maillot oro came to a close. However, 'Benna' was a few riders back and poised as a danger-man. He made himself visible only in the last metres, which was perfect timing for the taking the stage win and race leadership.

The sprint with winner Bennati
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Freire had the help of Pedro Horrillo for the sprint finale. He seemed to be ready for the win, but was a victim of bad positioning. Petacchi must have lost heart. Once 'Ale-Jet' saw the blue-pink flash of Bennati his legs stopped turning at their normal tempo, and he faded. Davis and Boonen showed their eagerness to get a stage win with the help of their teams, and it is likely we will see them challenge in the following two sprinter friendly stages as the race heads towards the mountain appointment of Lagos de Covadonga.

The early escape of Martínez, Dimitri Champion (Bouygues Telecom) and Geoffroy Lequatre (Cofidis) did not enjoy complete freedom, however, it was what neo-pro Martínez needed to snatch maximum mountain points over the category three Ponte Caldelas and Zamans. 23 year-old Martínez of Spain will don the white top of best climber.

How it unfolded

Vigo is a small but famous city by the sea in the province of Pontevedra in southern Galicia. The town is known all over Spain for its famous soccer club Celta and its Citroen big factory which is one the biggest car factories in the country.

This was a special stage for Oscar Pereiro who is from a little town named Mos that is very near Vigo. The route should have been very familiar to the 2006 Tour de France virtual champion.

While Spain's José Luis Arrieta (AG2R Prévoyance) wore dossard number 1 as Alexander Vinokourov and his team Astana were not invited to the tour, the 189 riders started the Grand Tour.

Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) is the team's leader
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The first breakaway of the Vuelta was made by three riders: Serafín Martínez (Karpin-Galicia) together with Dimitri Champion (Bouygues Telecom) and Geoffroy Lequatre (Cofidis) at kilometre 26. They led by more than three minutes at kilometre 40. Nevertheless, the gap wasn't growing and the peloton didn't let them gain much time.

The race kept going and the three leaders couldn't increase the advantage as the big group led by Milram remained in command. Therefore, the distance between Martínez, Champion and Lequatre didn't grow more than four minutes. The flat finish was an auspicious field not only for Milram's Alessandro Petacchi and Erik Zabel but also for stars Tom Boonen (Quickstep-Innergetic) and Oscar Freire (Rabobank).

Late on, at kilometre 90, Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) abandoned the race. The American quit due to a hard crash which happened at kilometre 78. He suffered a hard landing together with Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital). Danielson was worse off, as he broke his right collarbone, while the Italian had a hard hit in his left knee, which bled. Danielson was sent later to a hospital in Vigo. It was sad news for the rider hoping to play a big part in the Vuelta.

Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) got bloody
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Local Martínez wanted to make the big surprise of the today, so he attacked his two breakaway mates at kilometre 109, with 43 kilometres to go. He led the race for some kilometres but the teams with sprinters in their rosters found it easy to catch a single rider. With around 20 kilometres to the line, Jérémy Roy (Française Des Jeux) made his move and joined the Spaniard. Roy wanted it all for himself, and he launched another attacked to take the lead solo with eight kilometres to the finish line.

Finally, the Frenchman was swallowed by the peloton as they prepared for the bunch sprint with Milram clearly leading the way. The Italian team took command of the front, but it wasn't enough to allow Ale-Jet to take Vuelta win number 18. Petacchi, Freire and Bennati fought hard and the Lampre rider got the best position going in the right side and prevailing over the other top-class sprinters. Allan Davis and Tom Boonen were fourth and fifth, respectively. 'Benna' won the last Tour de France stage and, therefore, continued his Grand Tours wining streak with the first stage of the Vuelta a España.

Stage 2 - September 2: Allariz - Santiago de Compostela, 148.7km

The Vuelta a España stays in Galicia for one more day with a testing run from Allariz to Santiago de Compostela. The only alto appears early on in the day, kilometre 67.6, but there is some taxing terrain that follows. However, the 11-kilometre circuit in Santiago de Compostela, host of nearly a half-dozen stage finishes, should allow the sprinters' teams to regroup and crunch any gaps the escapees might have formed.

Photography

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Results

1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                   3.43.09 (39.364 km/h)
2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                            
4 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             
5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                          
6 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                            
7 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        
8 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                     
9 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
10 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
11 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               
12 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                            
13 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                
14 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                 
15 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                              
16 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                
17 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                         
18 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     
19 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    
20 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                             
21 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                 
22 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                            
23 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto                            
24 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                              
25 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                  
26 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        
27 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                             
28 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam                            
29 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                             
30 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                            
31 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia                               
32 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                             
33 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         
34 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                   
35 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                               
36 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        
37 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir         
38 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        
39 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
40 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                   
41 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                   
42 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                         
43 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                               
44 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                             
45 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                         
46 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        
47 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                       
48 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                  
49 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                         
50 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
51 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                          
52 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                            
53 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        
54 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                    
55 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
56 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
57 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin Galicia                             
58 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital                            
59 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                         
60 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                               
61 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                         
62 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax - Gam                               
63 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        
64 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                       
65 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                             
66 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
67 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
68 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                 
69 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
70 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                
71 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
72 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                       
73 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia                            
74 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                 
75 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                   
76 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                            
77 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                 
78 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                 
79 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                    
80 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                          
81 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                     
82 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          
83 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                  
84 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                         
85 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      
86 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                             
87 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           
88 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                
89 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                      
90 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       
91 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                         
92 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                            
93 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      
94 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                     
95 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                            
96 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                        
97 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam                                
98 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                          
99 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             
100 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia                             
101 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                      
102 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
103 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           
104 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                
105 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                
106 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
107 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       
108 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       
109 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                 
110 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                   
111 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team     
112 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
113 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                    
114 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       
115 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                             
116 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur              
117 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                  
118 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   
119 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                         
120 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                   
121 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                
122 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance                        
123 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                            
124 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
125 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                            
126 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                         
127 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                
128 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                             
129 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                              
130 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                
131 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                               
132 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              
133 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                     
134 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                        
135 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                    
136 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
137 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                           
138 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                            
139 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
140 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                    
141 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank                         
142 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                    
143 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux                            
144 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam                            
145 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                
146 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                  
147 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam                      
148 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                             
149 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                
150 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       
151 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                            
152 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                  
153 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                     
154 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         
155 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia                    
156 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       
157 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                
158 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             
159 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance                           
160 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia                           
161 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
162 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                           
163 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
164 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                             
165 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     
166 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   
167 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam                    
168 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                  
169 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     
170 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                       
171 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                    
172 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      
173 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
174 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir    
175 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                
176 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
177 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
178 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                       
179 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                          
180 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                     
181 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                           0.24
182 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                        
183 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                         
184 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                             0.31
185 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia              4.19
186 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                     4.42
187 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                    4.48
188 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      7.36
DNF Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel
 
Points
 
Ponte Caldelas - km 42
1 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         4 pts
2 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       2
3 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                   1
 
Vigo - km 129.8
1 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                   4 pts
2 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         2
3 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                             1
 
Vigo - km 153.4
1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                        25 pts
2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                              20
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                          16
4 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           14
5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                        12
6 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                          10
7 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       9
8 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                    8
9 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             7
10 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         6
11 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              5
12 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                           4
13 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                               3
14 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                2
15 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                             1
 
Mountains
 
Alto de Vilarchán (cat 3) - km 42
1 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                   6 pts
2 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         4
3 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       2
4 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                  1
 
Alto de Zamans (cat 3) - km 109
1 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                   6 pts
2 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       4
3 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         2
4 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             1
 
Teams

1 Bouygues Telecom                                         11.09.27
2 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                
3 Rabobank                                                         
4 Discovery Channel                                                
5 Liquigas                                                         
6 Predictor-Lotto                                                  
7 AG2r Prévoyance                                                  
8 Crédit Agricole                                                  
9 Lampre-Fondital                                                  
10 Relax-Gam                                                       
11 Karpin Galicia                                                  
12 Team CSC                                                        
13 Team Milram                                                     
14 T-Mobile Professional Cycling                                   
15 Caisse d'Epargne                                                
16 Quickstep-Innergetic                                            
17 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                            
18 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                 
19 Française des Jeux                                              
20 Andalucía-Cajasur                                               
21 Gerolsteiner                                                    
 
General classification after stage 1
 
1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                   3.43.09
2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                            
4 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             
5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                          
6 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                            
7 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        
8 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                     
9 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
10 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
11 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               
12 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                            
13 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                
14 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                 
15 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                              
16 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                
17 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                         
18 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     
19 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    
20 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                             
21 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                 
22 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                            
23 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto                            
24 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                              
25 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                  
26 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        
27 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                             
28 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam                            
29 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                             
30 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                            
31 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia                               
32 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                             
33 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         
34 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                   
35 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                               
36 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        
37 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir         
38 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        
39 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
40 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                   
41 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                   
42 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                         
43 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                               
44 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                             
45 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                         
46 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        
47 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                       
48 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                  
49 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                         
50 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
51 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                          
52 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                            
53 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        
54 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                    
55 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
56 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
57 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin Galicia                             
58 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital                            
59 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                         
60 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                               
61 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                         
62 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax - Gam                               
63 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        
64 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                       
65 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                             
66 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
67 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
68 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                 
69 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
70 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                
71 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
72 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                       
73 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia                            
74 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                 
75 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                   
76 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                            
77 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                 
78 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                 
79 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                    
80 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                          
81 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                     
82 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          
83 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                  
84 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                         
85 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      
86 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                             
87 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           
88 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                
89 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                      
90 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       
91 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                         
92 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                            
93 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      
94 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                     
95 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                            
96 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                        
97 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam                                
98 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                          
99 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             
100 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia                             
101 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                      
102 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
103 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           
104 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                
105 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                
106 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
107 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       
108 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       
109 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                 
110 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                   
111 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team     
112 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
113 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                    
114 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       
115 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                             
116 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur              
117 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                  
118 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   
119 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                         
120 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                   
121 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                
122 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance                        
123 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                            
124 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
125 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                            
126 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                         
127 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                
128 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                             
129 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                              
130 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                
131 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                               
132 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              
133 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                     
134 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                        
135 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                    
136 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
137 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                           
138 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                            
139 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
140 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                    
141 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank                         
142 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                    
143 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux                            
144 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam                            
145 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                
146 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                  
147 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam                      
148 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                             
149 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                
150 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       
151 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                            
152 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                  
153 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                     
154 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         
155 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia                    
156 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       
157 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                
158 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             
159 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance                           
160 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia                           
161 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
162 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                           
163 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
164 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                             
165 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     
166 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                   
167 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam                    
168 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur                  
169 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     
170 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                       
171 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                    
172 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      
173 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
174 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir    
175 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                
176 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
177 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
178 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                       
179 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                          
180 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                     
181 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                           0.24
182 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                        
183 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                         
184 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                             0.31
185 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia              4.19
186 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                     4.42
187 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                    4.48
188 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      7.36
 
Points classification
 
1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                        25 pts
2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                              20
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                          16
4 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           14
5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                        12
6 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                          10
7 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       9
8 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                    8
9 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             7
10 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        6
11 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         6
12 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                  5
13 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              5
14 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                           4
15 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                               3
16 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                2
17 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      2
18 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                             1
19 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                            1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                  12 pts
2 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       6
3 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         6
4 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             1
5 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                  1
 
Combination classification
 
1 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone     191 pts
2 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                 198
3 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       200
 
Teams classification
 
1 Bouygues Telecom                                         11.09.27
2 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                
3 Rabobank                                                         
4 Discovery Channel                                                
5 Liquigas                                                         
6 Predictor-Lotto                                                  
7 AG2r Prévoyance                                                  
8 Crédit Agricole                                                  
9 Lampre-Fondital                                                  
10 Relax-Gam                                                       
11 Karpin Galicia                                                  
12 Team CSC                                                        
13 Team Milram                                                     
14 T-Mobile Professional Cycling                                   
15 Caisse d'Epargne                                                
16 Quickstep-Innergetic                                            
17 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                            
18 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                 
19 Française des Jeux                                              
20 Andalucía-Cajasur                                               
21 Gerolsteiner                                                    

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